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    Romeo and Juliet Summary

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    The document provides a summary of William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet in 5 acts. It describes how the young lovers Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love at a party, despite their families' feud, and secretly marry with the help of Friar Laurence. However, their love is tested when Romeo kills Juliet's cousin Tybalt and is exiled, and Juliet takes a potion to fake her death to escape an arranged marriage. A series of miscommunications result in both Romeo and Juliet dying by suicide upon discovering each other apparently dead. In the end, their families reconcile their feud in honor of the deceased lovers.

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    The document provides a summary of William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet in 5 acts. It describes how the young lovers Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love at a party, despite their families' feud, and secretly marry with the help of Friar Laurence. However, their love is tested when Romeo kills Juliet's cousin Tybalt and is exiled, and Juliet takes a potion to fake her death to escape an arranged marriage. A series of miscommunications result in both Romeo and Juliet dying by suicide upon discovering each other apparently dead. In the end, their families reconcile their feud in honor of the deceased lovers.

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    The document provides a summary of William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet in 5 acts. It describes how the young lovers Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love at a party, despite their families' feud, and secretly marry with the help of Friar Laurence. However, their love is tested when Romeo kills Juliet's cousin Tybalt and is exiled, and Juliet takes a potion to fake her death to escape an arranged marriage. A series of miscommunications result in both Romeo and Juliet dying by suicide upon discovering each other apparently dead. In the end, their families reconcile their feud in honor of the deceased lovers.

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    Romeo and Juliet Summary

    Act I

    Romeo and Juliet begins as the Chorus introduces two feuding


    families of Verona: the Capulets and the Montagues. On a hot summer's
    day, the young men of each faction fight until the Prince of Verona
    intercedes and threatens to banish them. Soon after, the head of the
    Capulet family plans a feast. His goal is to introduce his daughter Juliet to a
    Count named Paris who seeks to marry Juliet. Montague's son Romeo and
    his friends (Benvolio and Mercutio) hear of the party and resolve to go in
    disguise. Romeo hopes to see his beloved Rosaline at the party. Instead,
    while there, he meets Juliet and falls instantly in love with her. Juliet's
    cousin Tybalt recognises the Montague boys and forces them to leave just
    as Romeo and Juliet discover one another.

    Act II

    Romeo lingers near the Capulet house to talk with Juliet when she
    appears in her window. The pair declare their love for one another and
    intend to marry the next day. With the help of Juliet's Nurse, the lovers
    arrange to marry when Juliet goes for confession at the cell of Friar
    Laurence. There, they are secretly married (talk about a short
    engagement).

    Act III

    Following the secret marriage, Juliet's cousin Tybalt sends a


    challenge to Romeo. Romeo refuses to fight, which angers his friend
    Mercutio who then fights with Tybalt. Mercutio is accidentally killed as
    Romeo intervenes to stop the fight. In anger, Romeo pursues Tybalt, kills
    him, and is banished by the Prince.
    Juliet is anxious when Romeo is late to meet her and learns of the
    brawl, Tybalt's death, and Romeo's banishment. Friar Laurence arranges
    for Romeo to spend the night with Juliet before he leaves for Mantua.
    Meanwhile, the Capulet family grieves for Tybalt, so Lord Capulet moves
    Juliet's marriage to Paris to the next day. Juliet’s parents are angry when
    Juliet doesn't want to marry Paris, but they don't know about her secret
    marriage to Romeo.

    Act IV

    Friar Laurence helps Juliet by providing a sleeping draught that will


    make her seem dead. When the wedding party arrives to greet Juliet the
    next day, they believe she is dead. The Friar sends a messenger to warn
    Romeo of Juliet's plan and bids him to come to the Capulet family
    monument to rescue his sleeping wife.

    Act V

    The vital message to Romeo doesn't arrive in time because the


    plague is in town (so the messenger cannot leave Verona). Hearing from
    his servant that Juliet is dead, Romeo buys poison from an Apothecary in
    Mantua. He returns to Verona and goes to the tomb where he surprises
    and kills the mourning Paris. Romeo takes his poison and dies, while Juliet
    awakens from her drugged coma. She learns what has happened from
    Friar Laurence, but she refuses to leave the tomb and stabs herself. The
    Friar returns with the Prince, the Capulets, and Romeo's lately widowed
    father. The deaths of their children lead the families to make peace, and
    they promise to erect a monument in Romeo and Juliet's memory.

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